F-GSQJ was delivered in 2005.

Air France's first 727, delivered in early 1968.

During it's take off roll on runway 36L.

Air France bought these three Rapides in Spring 1948 for use on local services based at Ivato, Madagascar. F-BEDY, ex G-ADAJ is nearest. F-BEDZ (6522) is at centre and F-BEDX (6547) is farthest away. Obtained from DH 60 years ago.

This rare squared-window Comet was delivered to Air France in June 1953, but withdrawn very quickly, following the Comet disaster at Elba in Jan 1954. The aircraft became G-AOJT and ended up at RAE Farnborough for testing. Its fuselage survived, and after many years of cocooned storage, it was acquired by the museum in March 1985 and immediately trucked there, arriving on 20 Mar 1985. The Comet still carries its original Air France colours as F-BGNX. The all-silver cockpit section dates back to July 1999, when it was painted to resemble the all-silver Comet prototype G-5-1 for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Comet's first flight.

This is in fact a series -200 aircraft although it doesn't have winglets. It was broken up at Orly in October 2009

About to exit runway 24 after landing.

One of many unusual visitors to Glasgow on this date, arriving with football fans for the 1976 European Cup Final.

It was a splendid view from the old viewing terrace on top of the Orly Terminal

An hour to kill, waiting for my flight home.

In its original livery. Photographed from the Spectators' Terrace on a summer evening.

Thats a lot of buses and one Luftwaffe Hansajet in the background. I once spent an uncomfortable halfhour in the stack over Epsom (London) in a thunderstorm in one of these 707s

Air France titles on engine nacelles.